The fleet at flood tide

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1. bloopernovaNov 2024
   Even more incredible, the USA landed on Saipan soon after the Allies landed in Normandy. The landing ships for operation FORAGER had to travel 1,000 miles across open ocean.

   Recommended reading: The Fleet at Flood Tide by James Hornfischer, and Twilight of the Gods by Ian Toll.

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2. bloopernovaJun 2024
   These 2, in this order:

   Incredible Victory by Walter Lord[1]. The story of Midway, fairly balanced.

   Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully[2]. also about Midway, but more research on Japanese sources. Has updated information about some things that are taken as "truth" about Midway. Amazing book.

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   James Hornfischer has some great books about the Pacific Naval war:

   The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour[3]. 6 small escort carriers, and a handful of destroyers and destroyer-escorts vs the heavyweights of the Japanese fleet: Battleships and cruisers. Jaw-dropping descriptions of courage under fire. Fantastic book.

   Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal[4]. Covers several naval battles, but not much on the ground conflict. Really good book too.

   The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific[5]. The late Pacific war, with the invasion of Saipan, and the naval aircraft battle of the Philippines, leading up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of the war.

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   [1] https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Victory-Battle-Midway-Clas...

   [2] https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Sword-Untold-Battle-Midway/...

   [3] https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553381482

   [4] https://www.amazon.com/Neptunes-Inferno-U-S-Navy-Guadalcanal...

   [5] https://www.amazon.com/Fleet-Flood-Tide-America-1944-1945/dp...

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3. pfdietzJul 2022
   There's a bit about them in James D. Hornfischer's last book, The Fleet At Flood Tide, and the role they played in the western Pacific.
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